Title 19, Health

PART I. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS §342L-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: "Complaint" means any written charge filed with or by the department that a person is violating or has violated any provision of this chapter or any rul…

§342L-10 Penalties. (a) Any person who violates this chapter, any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter, or any condition of a permit or variance issued pursuant to this chapter shall be fined not more than $25,000 for each individual tank for each day of each violation. Each day…

§342L-11 Administrative penalties. (a) In addition to any other administrative or judicial remedy provided by this chapter or by rules adopted under this chapter, the director may impose by order the penalties specified in section 342L-10. (b) Factors to be considered in imposing…

§342L-12 Injunctive and other relief. The director may institute a civil action in any environmental court of competent jurisdiction for injunctive and other relief to prevent or stop any violation of this chapter, any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter, or any permit or varia…

[§342L-12.5] Intervention. Any person may intervene in any civil action to enforce this chapter if the person has an interest that is, or may be, adversely affected. [L 1992, c 259, pt of §1]

§342L-13 Appeal. If any party is aggrieved by an order of the director, the party may appeal in the manner provided in chapter 91 to the circuit environmental court of the circuit in which the party resides or has the party's principal place of business or in which the action in …

§342L-14 Fees. Notwithstanding section 342L-36.5 to the contrary, the director may establish reasonable fees for the registration of underground storage tanks or tank systems, for the issuance, renewal, and modification of permits and variances to cover the cost of issuance there…

§342L-15 Public records; confidential information. Reports and records submitted to the department by any person on the ownership, installation, or operation of underground storage tanks or tank systems shall be made available for inspection by the public during established offic…

§342L-16 Nonliability of department personnel. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no member, officer, or employee of the department shall be criminally liable or responsible under this chapter for any acts done by the member, officer, or employee in the performance of…

[§342L-17] Other action not barred. No existing civil or criminal remedy for any wrongful action which is a violation of any statute or any rule of the department or the ordinance of any county shall be excluded or impaired by this chapter. [L 1989, c 212, pt of §6]

[§342L-18] Enforcement by state and county authorities. All state and county health authorities and police officers shall enforce this chapter and the rules and orders of the department. [L 1989, c 212, pt of §6]

[§342L-19] Other powers of department not affected. The powers, duties, and functions vested in the department under this chapter shall not be construed to affect in any manner the powers, duties, and functions vested in the department under any other law. [L 1989, c 212, pt of §…

[§342L-2] Administration. The department shall administer this chapter through the director. The director may delegate to any person such power and authority vested in the director by this chapter as the director deems reasonable and proper for the effective administration of thi…

§342L-20 Effect of laws, ordinances, and rules. (a) All laws, ordinances, and rules inconsistent with this chapter shall be void and of no effect. (b) Any county may adopt ordinances and rules governing any matter relating to underground storage tanks or tank systems that are gov…

[§342L-21] Priority in courts. All actions brought pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to the rules adopted under this chapter shall in the discretion of the court receive priority in the courts of the State. [L 1989, c 212, pt of §6]

[§342L-23] Directory of underground storage tank service providers. (a) The director shall develop and maintain a directory of service providers who are identified in [subsection] (c). Information submitted by service providers shall be made readily available to owners and operat…

§342L-3 Powers; rulemaking; appointment of hearings officers. (a) The director may adopt, amend, and repeal state rules controlling and regulating underground storage tanks and tank systems. All rules shall be adopted pursuant to chapter 91. (b) In addition to other specific powe…

PART II. UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK REGULATION §342L-30 Notification requirements. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the owner of an existing underground storage tank or existing tank system shall notify the department by December 31, 1989, of the existence of the tank or t…

§342L-31 Permit requirements and transfer of permit. (a) No person shall install or operate an underground storage tank or tank system brought into use after the effective date of the tank or tank system standards established in section 342L-32 unless a permit is obtained from th…

§342L-32 Standards for tanks and tank systems. (a) The department shall adopt standards under chapter 91 which shall apply to underground storage tanks and tank systems. (b) Underground storage tank and tank system standards shall include, but are not limited to the following spe…

[§342L-32.5] Delivery, deposit, and acceptance prohibition. No person shall deliver to, deposit into, or accept a regulated substance into an underground storage tank regulated under this chapter at a facility that has been identified by the department to be ineligible for such d…

§342L-33 Release detection. The department, pursuant to chapter 91, shall adopt standards of performance for maintaining a release detection system, including, but not limited to, inventory control, tightness testing, and any other methods designed to identify releases from the u…

§342L-34 Reporting of releases. The department, pursuant to chapter 91, shall adopt requirements for reporting suspected or confirmed releases and action taken in response to a suspected or confirmed release from an underground storage tank or tank system. [L 1989, c 212, pt of §…

§342L-35 Response to suspected or confirmed releases. The department, pursuant to chapter 91, shall adopt requirements for investigating a suspected release and taking action in response to a confirmed release from an underground storage tank or tank system, which shall include a…

§342L-36 Financial responsibility. (a) The department, pursuant to chapter 91, shall adopt requirements for maintaining evidence of financial responsibility for taking response action and compensating third parties for bodily injury and property damage caused by any accidental re…

§342L-37 Underground storage tank and tank system change in service and closure requirements. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve the owners and operators of underground storage tanks and tank systems that have been removed from the ground of any responsibility …

§342L-4 Permits; procedures for. (a) An application for any permit required under this chapter shall be in a form prescribed by the department. (b) The department may require that applications for such permits shall be accompanied by plans, specifications, and such other informat…

[§342L-4.2] Large capacity underground storage tank systems; prohibited. (a) Beginning July 1, 2022, the department shall not issue a permit for a new large capacity underground storage tank system mauka of the underground injection control line. (b) Beginning July 1, 2022, no pe…

[§342L-4.5] Permits near shoreline prohibited; exception. (a) The department shall not issue a permit for a new underground fuel storage tank within one hundred yards of the shoreline; provided that a permit may be issued by the department for purposes of repairing or replacing a…

§342L-5 Variances allowed. Provisions under this chapter deemed more stringent than the federal rules established under Subtitle I of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as added by the federal Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, may be varied by the dep…

PART III. DEPARTMENT RESPONSE PROGRAM FOR PETROLEUM RELEASES §342L-50 Definitions. For the purpose of this part: "Exposure assessment" means a determination regarding the extent of exposure of, or potential for exposure of, individuals to petroleum from a release from an undergro…

§342L-51 Leaking underground storage tank fund. (a) The department shall establish a revolving fund within the department which shall consist of moneys appropriated to the fund through federal grants, moneys appropriated to the fund by the legislature, moneys paid to the fund as …

§342L-52 Response to suspected or confirmed releases. (a) In the event of a petroleum release from an underground storage tank or tank system, which occurs prior to the adoption of rules for response to suspected or confirmed releases pursuant to section 342L-35, the department m…

§342L-53 Cost recovery. (a) Whenever costs have been incurred by the department in the undertaking of a response action or enforcement action with respect to the release of petroleum from an underground storage tank or tank system, the owner or operator of the tank or tank system…

§342L-6 Variances; procedures for. (a) Every application for a variance shall be made on forms furnished by the department and shall be accompanied by a complete and detailed description of present conditions, how present conditions do not fully conform to standards, and such oth…

[PART IV.] FUEL TANK ADVISORY COMMITTEE [§342L-61] Fuel tank advisory committee; established; composition. (a) There is established in the department of health the fuel tank advisory committee, which shall consist of up to fourteen ex officio members and at least two public membe…

[§342L-62] Duties. (a) The advisory committee shall study issues related to leaks of field-constructed underground fuel storage tanks at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, Kuahua Peninsula, Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Hickam Pol Annex, and Schofield Barrac…

§342L-7 Authority to obtain information and data, inspect, and require and conduct activities; penalties for disclosure. (a) For the purpose of developing or assisting in the development of any rule, conducting any study, taking any release response action, or enforcing this chap…

[§342L-7.5] Record maintenance. The department, pursuant to chapter 91, shall adopt requirements for the establishment and maintenance of records relating to underground storage tanks and tank systems. [L 1992, c 259, pt of §1]

§342L-8 Enforcement. (a) If the director determines that any person has violated or is violating this chapter, any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter, or any term or condition of a permit or variance issued pursuant to this chapter, the director may do one or more of the follo…

§342L-9 Emergency powers; procedures. (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if the governor or the director determines that an imminent peril to human health and safety or the environment is or will be caused by: that requires immediate action, the governor or the di…